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The Canadian government announced Monday it will cease providing subsidies to fossil fuel operations and phase out public financing to the sector by 2024 with exceptions for carbon capture projects, drawing a mixed reaction from green groups.

The European Commission is seeking input on existing methodologies for certifying industrial carbon removal practices, as the bloc moves towards establishing a voluntary framework for these activities.

California gasoline consumption held steady in April while diesel sales dropped, according to recently published state data, leaving transportation sector cap-and-trade emissions to still trail year-ago levels.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group on Monday announced a 12.9% reduction in net carbon emissions from its direct operations over the past fiscal year, also revealing for the first time progress towards its ‘Scope 3+’ goal.

Small island developing states are seeking a legal ‘advisory opinion’ from an international tribunal on whether climate change falls under the international law of the sea. Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Lecturer and Research Fellow in Ocean Governance, University of Melbourne and Postdoctoral Researcher, UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland, The University of Melbourne Margaret Young, Professor, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If we build homes on a production line, we could make them cheaper, faster and more sustainable. Louise Dorignon, Vice-Chancellor Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The rally in RGGI Allowance (RGA) values continued through another week with a high level of spread activity leading to the largest weekly transaction volumes on ICE, in step with the rally in California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values and global macro positivity.

All-party climate group says backing away from green policies would be catastrophic for the economy

A cross-party group of influential politicians has urged Rishi Sunak to set an example by attending the UN climate summit this November, as both major parties come under pressure over their net-zero policies.

The group of MPs and peers wants him to commit to attending Cop28 in Dubai, and to appoint a secretary of state as special envoy for the climate ahead of the UN general assembly in September, where preparations will be made for Cop28.

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Climate contributions divorced from offsetting claims are necessary to increase the number of “high-hanging fruit projects" in cost-prohibitive sectors and unlock deep decarbonisation, a think-tank said Friday.

PM sees short-term advantage in smothering green policies while studiously ignoring signs of climate collapse

After Uxbridge, le deluge. In Manchester at least. In parts of Greece it was wildfires. For Rishi Sunak it was just a bonfire. A bonfire of green policy. The world was not quite warm enough. What the UK needed was a culture war.

Who would have guessed that the result of one byelection in west London could have such far-reaching consequences? The message Labour took from Uxbridge was that maybe Sadiq Khan would like to rethink his Ulez scheme with a general election due in less than 18 months. When it should have maybe pointed out during the byelection campaign itself that the clean air scheme had actually been introduced by the Tories. And that the then transport secretary, Grant Shapps, had written to Khan to enforce it. Instead, Labour had tried to disown it entirely, hoping voters would ignore it. Go figure. Let the public die.

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Carbon credit prices drifted lower generally in the voluntary market over the past week amid the over-supply of available units, but investment continued to pour into certain sectors to underline a positive outlook amid a steady rise in corporate net zero pledges.

The French parliament has voted through a green industrial law that is expected to open up ecosystem restoration projects in the country to biodiversity and carbon credit stacking.

The result of general elections in Spain on Sunday has thrown the country into political disorder that could last for months and spill over into EU climate policy.

Parts of Europe have seen ETS-covered fossil generation spike due to higher demand for air conditioning after extreme heat has swept across Southern countries such as Greece, Spain, and Italy, as analysts point to sustained consumption this summer with temperatures set to remain elevated.

European carrier Ryanair has outlined the main climate-related risks to revenues in a 2023 sustainability report published Monday, with increased carbon pricing cited as "most impactful" on strategy in the firm's net-zero outlook.

Endeavour Energy launches sestern Sydney’s first community battery and will invite residents to join the program to ‘rent’ a portion of the battery for $15 per month.

The post First community battery in western Sydney now “open to rent” by residents appeared first on RenewEconomy.

European carbon prices gave up early gains on Monday morning to stand modestly weaker at midday, as prices consolidated after six successive days of gains ahead of August's annual drop in auction supply, while gas prices held on to early advances.

The climate activist was on trial for disobeying a police order to leave the protest in Malmo last month.

Activist had pleaded not guilty on grounds she acted out of necessity at demonstration that blocked oil trucks in Malmö

Greta Thunberg has been fined by a Swedish court after she was found guilty of disobeying a police order to leave a climate protest.

The 20-year-old climate activist, who from 2018 became the face of the youth climate movement, had admitted taking part in the protest in Malmö in June, but pleaded not guilty on the grounds she had acted out of necessity.

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Licences UK has approved in last two years will result in carbon dioxide matching annual emissions of Denmark, Greenpeace finds

New oil and gas licences for the North Sea that the UK government has approved in the past two years will produce as much carbon dioxide as the annual emissions of nearly 14m cars, or the entire yearly emissions of Denmark, analysis has shown.

This amount – about 28m tonnes of carbon dioxide over the lifetimes of the fields – will be increased more than eightfold, if potential licences under consideration are also granted, according to data from public sources analysed by Greenpeace.

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